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No tears are being shed internally over the loss of the COP31 summit

Australia had the support of 27 of the 28 countries to host COP and Turkey just one. Yet Australia blinked. Why?

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Phillip Coorey

‘Unacceptable outcomes’ should be only environment law dealbreaker

For the mining industry, the EPBC legislation is about as good as gets, and it’s a hell of a lot better than what we’ve got. It’s time to...

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Warren Pearce

Demographics means private school fees are destined to rise

Next year, the world’s two population megatrends are coming to a non-government school near you. And it’s going to cost you more.

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John Black

The real reason Australia’s economy is underperforming

Michael Stutchbury started reporting on industrial relations 50 years ago. He says Australia’s high-wage economy is unsustainable unless business...

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Michael Stutchbury

Productivity turns off voters, turns on the economy

Labor is riding high on Liberal brawling and jostling over Sussan Ley’s leadership. But the economic story is not following the same confident path.

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Jennifer Hewett

The IMF is flashing red lights on Australia’s spending spree

The longer Canberra and the states remain in fiscal paralysis, the narrower the nation’s options will be to chart a path to higher growth and...

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The Afr View

CSIRO cuts show why super rule must change to fund innovation

CSIRO’s announcement that it will scale back some of its activities underscores the need to revitalise private-sector investment to drive...

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Navleen Prasad

Why the productivity payoff from AI at work is so poor

The technology is ready. The problem is our workplace relations framework requires prior permission to use artificial intelligence.

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Sinclair Davidson

Libs mustn’t let Nats wag the dog on environment again

Ideally, the Coalition should seek to play a constructive role in negotiating sensible and balanced environmental laws with the government.

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The Afr View

What Usman Khawaja got wrong about discrimination in corporate Australia

Instead of encouraging Asian-Australians to do the hard yards that lead to the top, the cricketer is promoting an entitlement culture that is a...

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Chetna Mahadik

The tax time bomb that could trip up Chalmers

The Productivity Commission’s key recommendation for creating a more dynamic national economy turns out to be a big new business tax.

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Jennifer Hewett

How a last-resort fund for financial victims is rewarding the reckless

The two-year-old Compensation Scheme of Last Resort to bail out victims of poor financial advice and fraud is turning into a slippery slope.

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John Kehoe

The RBA is why your credit card surcharge fees are so high

It’s hard to give the Reserve Bank credit for resolving a problem of its own making. The no-surcharge prohibition should go down as a case study of...

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Chris Berg

Why CEOs need to pick up a book

Reading is not only for the joy of literature and decompression – but can also make bosses better at their jobs.

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Emma Jacobs

Australian taxpayers bailing out Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop chaos

When the Albanese government is the project’s anchor tenant, it signals that federal Labor will bail out Victoria, no matter how indebted it...

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Stephen Anthony

High risk knifing is Libs last, best hope to beat Jacinta Allan

The Victorian Coalition has imploded yet again, but there is some method in the madness.

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Patrick Durkin

Dropping net zero dead parrot ditches deceiving the Australian people

The Coalition has, belatedly, settled on a game-changing strategy focused on affordable and reliable energy, one calibrated to international action.

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Ron Boswell

Will Jess Wilson close down Victoria’s Liberal clown show?

The circus also known as the Victorian division of the Liberal Party has just got its first ringmistress. She will have to undo the mess created...

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Terry Barnes

Politics aside, economics of big banks are under pressure

Branch closures should be a commercial decision based on changing customer demand and competitive pressures, not the wishes of the banks’ political...

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